As night falls, a star-studded Euro 1/8 final kicks off at 3 a.m. on June 28 in Seville, Spain. The world's soccer juggernaut, Belgium, and Portugal, led by soccer superstar Crow, will face off at the top of their game. With a combined value of 11.5 billion yuan, the two teams are a soccer feast, and Crowe pushes the boundaries, and if he survives, the next quarter-final opponent will be title favorites Italy, who struggled to beat Austria 2-1 in extra time.
Suspense 1: The top of the world versus the "slow" king, who will have the last laugh?
Belgium tops the latest FIFA rankings, with a total team value of €669.4 million, and is ranked 7th out of 24 teams in the UEFA Europa League, while Portugal is ranked 5th in the world with a total value of €827.5 million, and is also ranked 5th out of 24 teams in the UEFA Europa League.
In the 2007 Euro qualifiers, Portugal had doubled up on Belgium with 4-0 and 2-1 victories.In a friendly match in 2016, Portugal beat Belgium 2-1. And in the most recent matchup, a 2018 friendly, the two teams played to a 0-0 draw.
Belgium have won all 10 of their matches in this year's UEFA Euro qualifiers, and with the 3 group stage wins, their winning streak in the UEFA Europa League has reached 13 matches, and they will be looking to hit a 14-win streak in the face of a tough opponent like Portugal! In their last 10 matches in all competitions, Belgium also achieved an amazing 8 wins and 2 draws.
Portugal's performance in the group stage is not ideal, 3 wars 1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss, accumulating 4 points out of the line. But don't forget, the last European Cup group stage, Portugal also accumulated only 3 points out of the line, and ultimately to "7 battles to draw the country" of the tough performance of the first big championship.
Suspense 2: Stars face off, can Crowe be Belgium's nemesis again?
In recent years, Belgium has topped the FIFA rankings with their steady play. They have a strong lineup with De Bruyne, the core player of English Premier League champion Manchester City, and Lukaku, the ace killer of Serie A champion, as well as Azar, Mertens, Courtois, and other main players of Euroleague giants. Former Arsenal legendary scorer Henry has also joined the Belgian coaching team, giving Belgium wings. Lukaku scored three goals in the group stage of this year's UEFA Europa League under Henry's guidance, and has also become a favorite for the Golden Boot award.
The current European Cup of Portugal lineup is equally strong, the backline has just won the Premier League Player of the Season Ruben Dias led by Pepe and Vonte old and experienced. The midfield has Ruben Neves, B Fei, are in the Premier League a person to carry a team of characters. The front line is even more proud of the group, Serie A golden boots C Luo, Bundesliga silver boots Andre Silva, in Liverpool to play on the main Wakata and just with Atletico Madrid won the La Liga title Felix, as well as Manchester City's Bernardo Silva, absolutely have the strength to any team's defense to launch an attack.
It is worth mentioning that Crowe has won all 2 times he faced Belgium in his career, with 2-1 and 4-0 victories, and he scored 3 goals by himself, with an average of 1.5 goals per game! Can he be Belgium's nemesis again in this competition?
Suspense 3: Record Crusher! Crowe hits 5 records!
It can be said that with C Luo, Portugal has the ability to impact the championship. Although already 36 years old, but he is still last season's Serie A Golden Boot, this year's European Cup, his first battle with Hungary alone in two yuan, the next battle with Germany, despite the team's loss, but Crow ran more than 90 meters to grab a breakthrough to help Portugal to take the lead in the final round of the battle against France, he again alone in two yuan, almost to their own strength to carry the Portuguese group breakout. The group played 3 games, scored 5 goals, leading the scorer list, which are constantly declaring to the world that the ageless legend continues. And, the Portuguese superstar is now playing every game in the European Cup is refreshing their own record, but also in the impact of higher records.
Crowe has made 23 appearances in the final round of the Europa League and scored 14 goals, both first in history. If he makes another appearance and scores a goal, both are records.
Crow scored 109 goals on behalf of Portugal, tying the national team scoring record held by Iranian star Ali Dey, and if he scores a goal against Belgium, he will take sole possession of the national team's top scorer in world soccer!
Crowe has collected a total of 12 victories in his five Euro appearances (a statistic that also ranks first in history), a statistic that also ranks first in the previous history of the tournament. Facing the strong rival Belgium, will Portugal be able to allow Crowe to collect his 13th victory?
Crowe had scored his first major tournament hat-trick against Spain at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, but has yet to accomplish this at the Euros. Facing France C Luo can open twice, facing Belgium why can not impact hat trick? If Crow faces Belgium for a hat trick, he will become the oldest player in the history of the European Cup to score 3 goals in a single game.
